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  • As a kid I loved to play a game called Buccaneer in which tiny boats moved across the board carrying cargoes of pearls and rubies, and I believed utterly in my grandfather's fiction that the fate of an entire world could depend on what happened to one golden ring.

    Simon Tolkien: The Story Behind My Novel, The King of Diamonds Simon Tolkien 2011

  • As a kid I loved to play a game called Buccaneer in which tiny boats moved across the board carrying cargoes of pearls and rubies, and I believed utterly in my grandfather's fiction that the fate of an entire world could depend on what happened to one golden ring.

    Simon Tolkien: The Story Behind My Novel, The King of Diamonds Simon Tolkien 2011

  • The Buccaneer is a splendidly picturesque anthology of pirate tropes, with costumes that were a collaboration between Natalie Visart and Dwight Franklin; the latter had also designed the costumes for The Black Pirate.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • CLARAS cottage was small and white, and clung to the edge of a rock sheer, a short walk uphill from a pub called the Buccaneer.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • CLARAS cottage was small and white, and clung to the edge of a rock sheer, a short walk uphill from a pub called the Buccaneer.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • CLARAS cottage was small and white, and clung to the edge of a rock sheer, a short walk uphill from a pub called the Buccaneer.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • CLARAS cottage was small and white, and clung to the edge of a rock sheer, a short walk uphill from a pub called the Buccaneer.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • CLARAS cottage was small and white, and clung to the edge of a rock sheer, a short walk uphill from a pub called the Buccaneer.

    Kate Morton Ebook Collection Kate Morton 2008

  • He stated that Dalton was a clever, experienced seaman; -- that his knowledge of foreign seas and foreign affairs in general might be made most useful to government, if government would avail itself of such advantages; -- that the Buccaneer was a bitter thorn in the side of the Protector, as he had been known to convey malcontents to England, as well as to ship them off; -- that his

    The Buccaneer A Tale S. C. Hall 1840

  • The Buccaneer was a brave, bold, intrepid, careless man; more skilled in the tricks of war than in tracing the secret workings of the human mind, or in watching the shades and modifications of the human character.

    The Buccaneer A Tale S. C. Hall 1840

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